Word: archon
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Prometheus Fired" treats of the old athletic question in a very new and original manner. Portions of this socalled lost Play of Aeschylus are very clever and well written. The work is, however, very uneven in point of merit. The charge of the Archon Eponymous is by far the brightest and best written scene of the play. The plot lacks continuity and hence fails to some extent in its purpose...
...suspicion, among whom are a reporter of the ??? Mr. John F. Thucydides, and others. Little doubt, however, is entertained that the offenders are students of ??? College. The ringleader is supposed to be the notorious William G. Alcibiades, a recent graduate of the college, who was the Democratic candidate for Archon in the 4th Ward at the fall election...